D'ye ken the big village of Balmaquhapple? The great muckle village of Balmaquhapple? 'Tis steeped in iniquity up to the thrapple, An' what's to become o' poor Balmaquhapple? Whereafter follows an invocation to St. Andrew, with a characteristic suggestion that he may spare himself the trouble of intervening for certain persons such as Geordie, our deacon for want of a better, And Bess, wha delights in the sins that beset her-- ending with the milder prayer: But as for the rest, for the women's sake save them, Their bodies at least, and their sauls if they have them. · · · · · And save, without word of confession auricular, The clerk's bonny daughters, and Bell in particular; For ye ken that their beauty's the pride and the stapple Of the great wicked village of Balmaquhapple! "Donald McGillavry," which deceived Jeffrey, is another of the half-inarticulate songs which have the gift of setting the blood coursing; Donald's gane up the hill hard an' hungry; Donald's come down the hill wild an' angry: Donald will clear the gowk's nest cleverly; Here's to the King and Donald McGillavry! · · · · · Donald has foughten wi' reif and roguery, Donald has dinnered wi' banes and beggary; Better it war for Whigs an' Whiggery Meeting the deevil than Donald McGillavry. Come like a tailor, Donald McGillavry, Come like a tailor, Donald McGillavry, Push about, in an' out, thimble them cleverly. Here's to King James an' Donald McGillavry! "Love is Like a Dizziness," and the "Boys' Song," Where the pools are bright and deep, Where the grey trout lies asleep, Up the river and over the lea, That's the way for Billy and me-- and plenty more charming things will reward the explorer of the Shepherd's country. Only let that explorer be prepared for pages on pages of the most unreadable stuff, the kind of stuff which hardly any educated man, however great a "gomeril" he might be, would ever dream of putting to paper, much less of sending to press. It is fair to repeat that the educated man who thus refrained would probably be a very long time before he wrote "Kilmeny," or even "Donald McGillavry" and "The Village of Balmaquhapple."